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Kick-Ass 2 has released a first official image online, featuring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Jim Carrey in costume as Kick-Ass and Colonel Stars and Stripes respectively. We know all about Kick-Ass, but the Colonel is the new character, and the head of the organisation known as Justice Forever, a ragtag bunch …

Just seven days to order your signed, numbered copy of Mephiston: Lord of Death Here at SFX we’re intrigued by the ingenuity that publishers put into their books. With so much choice of reading matter, especially with the continuing rise of ebooks, how does a new book stand out and …

Porn princess biopic Lovelace has taken its bow at the Sundance Film Festival. One of this year’s most talked-about entries, it’s the story of how one Linda Boreman became Linda Lovelace, the skin-flick superstar most (in)famous for 1972’s Deep Throat . Despite the filmmakers’ noble efforts to explore how Linda …

Benedict Cumberbatch displays an uncanny resemblance to (a slightly younger) Julian Assange in the first image released from the WikiLeaks movie, The Fifth Estate . Popping up on Business Wire (opens in new tab) , the official still also features Daniel Brühl as Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a web activist who was …

If you want to get into competitive StarCraft II, just roll through single-player so you can learn up real quick, right? Ahahahahahaha. No. Blizzard is looking to undo at least a few of those “ha’s” by adding a training mode to StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. Polygon reports the …

Capcom has confirmed plans to release home console and PC versions of Resident Evil Revelations in the US on May 21 and in the UK on May 24. The update of 2012’s Nintendo 3DS game will launch on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U and PC with HD visuals, enhanced lighting …

Bruce Willis heads up the brand new issue of Total Film magazine , exploding onto the cover with A Good Day To Die Hard . Inside the issue, we chat to everyone involved with the latest installment in the action franchise, to find out why audiences – and Willis – …

The US Syfy network has cancelled Alphas after two seasons. The final episode aired in October. “Unfortunately #Alphas is cancelled,” Ryan Cartwright (who played Gary Bell) tweeted last night. Warren Christie (Cameron) and Azita Ghanizada (Rachel) confirmed the sad news. “What an honor to get to play Rachel for 2 …

Times are changing fast in the hardware industry, and Nintendo hopes to keep the pace by combining its handheld and home console divisions. Nikkei reports (translated by IGN, confirmed by Engadget) the company plans to pull 130 staff from home consoles and 150 from handhelds into the new unified division, …

CCP Games’ ambitious crossover shooter Dust 514 will enter open beta on January 22 today, the EVE Online developer announced today. As a free-to-play download-only title on PlayStation 3, that means the game is more or less released to everyone aside from the CCP employees slaving away on inevitable piles …